Category: Wired

This Is the Nuclear-Powered Ship Deployed in Trump’s War on Drug Boats
28
Oct
2025

This Is the Nuclear-Powered Ship Deployed in Trump’s War on Drug Boats

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the US Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier, is heading to the Caribbean Sea as part…

Hundreds of People With ‘Top Secret’ Clearance Exposed by House Democrats’ Website
27
Oct
2025

Hundreds of People With ‘Top Secret’ Clearance Exposed by House Democrats’ Website

The sensitive personal details of more than 450 people holding “top secret” US government security clearances were left exposed online,…

Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda
27
Oct
2025

Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda

OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek, and xAI’s Grok are pushing Russian state propaganda from sanctioned entities—including citations from Russian state…

Amazon Explains How Its AWS Outage Took Down the Web
25
Oct
2025

Amazon Explains How Its AWS Outage Took Down the Web

The cloud giant Amazon Web Services experienced DNS resolution issues on Monday leading to cascading outages that took down wide…

25
Oct
2025

DHS Wants a Fleet of AI-Powered Surveillance Trucks

The US Department of Homeland Security is seeking to develop a new mobile surveillance platform that fuses artificial intelligence, radar,…

How Hacked Card Shufflers Allegedly Enabled a Mob-Fueled Poker Scam That Rocked the NBA
24
Oct
2025

How Hacked Card Shufflers Allegedly Enabled a Mob-Fueled Poker Scam That Rocked the NBA

“If there’s a camera that knows the cards, there is always some kind of underlying threat. Customers are gonna be…

This ‘Privacy Browser’ Has Dangerous Hidden Features
23
Oct
2025

This ‘Privacy Browser’ Has Dangerous Hidden Features

The Universe Browser makes some big promises to its potential users. Its online advertisements claim it’s the “fastest browser,” that…

No, ICE (Probably) Didn’t Buy Guided Missile Warheads
23
Oct
2025

No, ICE (Probably) Didn’t Buy Guided Missile Warheads

On September 19, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement made a $61,218 payment for “guided missile warheads and explosive components,” according…

The Long Tail of the AWS Outage
22
Oct
2025

The Long Tail of the AWS Outage

A sprawling Amazon Web Services cloud outage that began early Monday morning illustrated the fragile interdependencies of the internet as…

What to Know About the Shocking Louvre Jewelry Heist
20
Oct
2025

What to Know About the Shocking Louvre Jewelry Heist

Could the French TV series Lupin have been prophetic? The show envisioned a heist at the Louvre, an event that…

Anthropic Has a Plan to Keep Its AI From Building a Nuclear Weapon. Will It Work?
20
Oct
2025

Anthropic Has a Plan to Keep Its AI From Building a Nuclear Weapon. Will It Work?

At the end of August, the AI company Anthropic announced that its chatbot Claude wouldn’t help anyone build a nuclear…

What the Huge AWS Outage Reveals About the Internet
20
Oct
2025

What the Huge AWS Outage Reveals About the Internet

A massive cloud outage stemming from Amazon Web Services’s key US-EAST-1 region, its hub near the United States capitol in…